A girl’s view of sustainability and social media

In My House

When I am inside my house, I feel protected and safe. Almost invincible. Nothing can get to me. I just thought of that, late last night, as I was reading the results from the International Panel on Climate Change Working Group II report on, ‘Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’. Scary stuff. Yet, all these disastrous predictions felt abstract. I started wondering why. Why was I feeling so calm and detached? That’s when it hit me. In the sanctity of my house, I am removed from nature, on a primary, physical level. The prehistoric man in his cavern, had to respect nature. There were no screens between him and the outside world. Nature was all around and made its presence felt, with all its awesome power. Now when lightning strikes, I don’t have to be so afraid. I’ve got the thick walls of my house and a concrete roof over my head to shelter me.

tell me, La M, what is your take on the psychology of people who are in denial about my idea of polar cities for the future? You should see all the hate mail I get!

DANNY

and this: Professor Mike Byers in Canada is the gentleman (and the scholar) who
recently said that “the Arctic ice retreat is the canary in the
proverbial coal mine and that the canary is half dead already”….We
need to listen to him.